Truss.



J. BARNES.

TRUSS.

' APPLICATION FILED DBO.19, 1910.

1,033,147. Pa tented July 23, 1912.

\ COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH (20., WASHINGTON. D. c.

JOHN BARNES, OF ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS.

TRUSS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 23, 1912.

Application filed December 19, 1910. Serial No. 598,181.

To all whom 2'25 may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN BARNES, a citi- Zen of the United States,residing at Rockford, in the county of WVinnebago and State of Illinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Trusses, of whichthe following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to construct a truss in which the rearportion of the pad or pressure member support is held in position by abelt in which the pad or pressure member support is made adjustable inconnection with the belt, in which the pad or pressure member isconnected to the belt by a band encircling the body opposite to the pador pressure member support, and in which the pad or pressure membersupport rests upon the hip or against the body of the wearer.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of myimprovements applied to a double truss, as seen from the front. Fig. 2is a rear view. Fig. 3 is a section on dotted line a a Fig. 2. Fig. 4 isa front view of a singletruss.

The belt 1 has its ends adjustably connected by the buckle 2, and to therear portion of the belt is connected a strap 3 at its ends and in itscenter, leaving the intermediate portions free. -These intermediateport-ions are formed with perforations &. As shown at Figs. 1, 2 and 3,two pad or pressure member supports 5 and 6 have one end of each locatedbetween the strap 3, and the rear portion of the belt 1, and screws 7passing through the perforations 4 enter these ends of the pad orpressure member supports thereby forming a connection between the pad orpressure member supports and the belt. To the free ends of the supports5 and 6 are connected pad or pressure members 8 and 9, and these pad orpressure members are connected by a link 10 which is provided withperforations 11.

In use the belt is placed about the waist of the user and the pad orpressure members are adjusted to the proper positions, and the link 10is adjusted to prevent the pad or pressure members separating. The otherends of the pad or pressure member supports are adjusted in theperforations 4: so that the supports will rest lightly against the bodyof the user. The belt is then tightened so as to hold the rear ends ofthe pad or pressure member supports from dropping. By curving the pad orpressure member supports so that they rest against the body or on thehips of the user, the distressing features of having the supports passbetween the limbs are removed, and the weight or pressure of thesupports against the body I of the user is hardly perceptible.

At Fig. 4 is shown the application of a single pad or pressure member,the link 12 connecting the single pad or pressure member with the backof the belt in place of the other pad or pressure member support.

I claim as my invention A truss, comprising a belt, a strap secured atits ends to the rear portion of the belt and having intermediateportions free therefrom, said strap being provided with a plurality ofopenings, a curved arm having its rear end interposed between the strapand belt, a detachable and adjustable pivotal connection for said rearend of the arm that is arranged to be passed through any of the openingsin the strap, and a pressure member carried by the front end of the arm.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

JOHN BARNES.

Witnesses:

A. O. Bm-IEL, E. D. E. N. BEI-IEL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

